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Download full textLee, Valerie E.; Smith, Julia B. – Issues in Restructuring Schools, 1994
The recent movement to restructure schools has raised fundamental questions: Can changes in school structure improve student performance? Under what conditions might some structures be more effective than others? This document presents findings from Lee and Smith's study that examined the role of school restructuring on student performance.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Change, Educational Environment, High Schools
Lee, Valerie E.; And Others – Issues in Restructuring Schools, 1995
This report expands on earlier research that found evidence of strong links between school restructuring and improved learning among students in the first 2 years of high school. This report, based on 1992 National Education Longitudinal Study (NELS) data, analyzes data collected for most of the same students in their last 2 years of high school.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Active Learning, Educational Environment
Prager, Karen; And Others – Issues in Restructuring Schools, 1991
An indepth analysis of critical issues in school restructuring is provided in this first of a series of reports. The first article, by Karen Prager describes selected aspects of school restructuring in a Milwaukee, Wisconsin, elementary school and illustrates how school-based management can articulate school vision and support teacher cooperation.…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Cooperation, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Criteria
Issues in Restructuring Schools, 1992
The Chicago experience in school governance restructuring is examined in this newsletter. The introduction distinguishes between school-based management and shared decision-making and provides an overview of Chicago's restructured school governance. Next, findings of a study that examined school governance in 12 diverse Chicago elementary schools…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Foundation Programs, Governance, Participative Decision Making
Newmann, Fred M.; And Others – Issues in Restructuring Schools, 1995
This report presents general criteria for authentic pedagogy, instructional activities rooted in a primary concern for high standards of intellectual quality, as well as more specific standards that can be used to judge the quality of assessment tasks, classroom lessons, and student performance. Examples are given of tasks, lessons, and student…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Criteria, Educational Assessment, Educational Change
